Armies Of The Night Essay
Edmond Ma
Mr. Krekeler
ENG3U1-32
6 June 2014
Armies of the Night:
Armies of the Night is evidently written as a fiction novel despite the fact that it is a historical non-fiction. Norman Mailer uses himself as the main character for this literature and narrates himself like a fiction story. Armies of the night has certain characteristics that make it a fiction novel rather than a historical literature. Characteristics shown in the book that supports it as a novel are character development, use of rhetorical devices, and plot and settings. These characteristics are found unique in many fiction novels, and they can be found in Armies of the Night.
“Armies of the Night” has an uncertain ending through conflicts and a plot that has a consistent human character where characteristics only fiction novels have. As read in all novels, there is a definite plot, which is introduced in the first chapter, “Pen Pals.” The first chapter gives the reader the plot of Mailer’s journey from beginning to end, giving the reader the feel of reading a fiction novel. For example, “[B]y the time the action shifted to the pentagon, Mailer was perky enough to get himself arrested by two Marshals.” This creates a timeline for the reader to experience in greater detail as they read on. Armies of the Night also have many characteristics of a plot in a novel. This would include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. The exposition for the novel consists of a protagonist, Norman Mailer, a goal that the protagonist has to meet and side characters which support the protagonist. The novel is also planned with a rising action, which is seen during The March. The rising action is built-up by introducing all of Mailer’s fellow writers, showing more of Mailer’s characteristics and events taken place before The March. Also the rising action also presented the main conflict. There are two main conflicts in the novel, The March on the steps of the Pentagon and Mailer’s
Mr. Krekeler
ENG3U1-32
6 June 2014
Armies of the Night:
Armies of the Night is evidently written as a fiction novel despite the fact that it is a historical non-fiction. Norman Mailer uses himself as the main character for this literature and narrates himself like a fiction story. Armies of the night has certain characteristics that make it a fiction novel rather than a historical literature. Characteristics shown in the book that supports it as a novel are character development, use of rhetorical devices, and plot and settings. These characteristics are found unique in many fiction novels, and they can be found in Armies of the Night.
“Armies of the Night” has an uncertain ending through conflicts and a plot that has a consistent human character where characteristics only fiction novels have. As read in all novels, there is a definite plot, which is introduced in the first chapter, “Pen Pals.” The first chapter gives the reader the plot of Mailer’s journey from beginning to end, giving the reader the feel of reading a fiction novel. For example, “[B]y the time the action shifted to the pentagon, Mailer was perky enough to get himself arrested by two Marshals.” This creates a timeline for the reader to experience in greater detail as they read on. Armies of the Night also have many characteristics of a plot in a novel. This would include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement. The exposition for the novel consists of a protagonist, Norman Mailer, a goal that the protagonist has to meet and side characters which support the protagonist. The novel is also planned with a rising action, which is seen during The March. The rising action is built-up by introducing all of Mailer’s fellow writers, showing more of Mailer’s characteristics and events taken place before The March. Also the rising action also presented the main conflict. There are two main conflicts in the novel, The March on the steps of the Pentagon and Mailer’s